Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73
§24323 Prohibition on smoking on Amtrak trains
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Summary
Amtrak must ban smoking on all its trains starting the day this section is enacted, and that ban includes using electronic cigarettes. An electronic cigarette is a device that makes a vapor you inhale to get nicotine or other substances, to copy the feel of smoking.
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Title 49, §24323
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(a)Beginning on the date of enactment of this section, Amtrak shall prohibit smoking, including the use of electronic cigarettes, onboard all Amtrak trains.
(b)In this section, the term “electronic cigarette” means a device that delivers nicotine or other substances to a user of the device in the form of a vapor that is inhaled to simulate the experience of smoking.
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The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of title II of div. B of Pub. L. 117–58, which was approved Nov. 15, 2021.
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49 U.S.C. § 24323
Title 49 — Transportation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73